Work & commute · Channahon

Work & commute in Channahon, IL

Most working residents leave Channahon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Joliet (13%), Chicago (9%) and Minooka (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

396 of 7,019 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,623 Channahon residents head out of town to work, 396 work right here, and 6,947 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Channahon.

6,623live here, work elsewhere

396live and work here

6,947work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Channahon goes to work

Joliet8.8 mi away

13%946

Chicago41.4 mi away

9%632

Channahon (in town)right here

6%396

Minooka2.1 mi away

5%343

Morris8.9 mi away

3%201

Bolingbrook19.9 mi away

3%194

Naperville23.1 mi away

3%194

Plainfield13.7 mi away

2%158

Aurora23.6 mi away

2%134

New Lenox16.3 mi away

2%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,695

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Channahon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

28%

36%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Channahon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Channahon are

7,343 jobs are based in Channahon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Channahon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Channahon

7,343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Channahon residents hold

7,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+138%

Jobs based in Channahon, 2013 → 2023: 3,085 → 7,343. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.